Psalms 146
1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
2 While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.
3 Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,
6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;
7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;
9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.
10 The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.
Jehovah will reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Hallelujah!
